The Doctor (The Fight Against the Evil) Lithograph on Paper Contemporary Art

Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: The Doctor (The Fight Against the Evil)
Medium: Lithograph on Paper
Size: 22 1/2" x 18"
Edition: I 225/350
Inscription: Signed and numbered on bottom
Condition: Museum quality
Documentation: Includes a gallery certificate of authenticity

The co-existence of multiple narrative scenes in the same work is a compositional technique Salvador Dali used throughout his career. He used a variety of techniques to explore the concept, including the use of reflections as well as images contained within the boundaries of other images. In "The Doctor (The Fight Against the Evil)," Dali creates one scene in the foreground and another in the background, using a window to bridge the narrative gap between the two.

Alongside the compositional structure, "The Doctor (The Fight Against the Evil)" contains several other hallmarks of Salvador Dali's most famous works. Dali includes horses, a recurring image often used to symbolize strength and beauty while exploring his repeated themes of illness and death. The bright color pallet of his work adds a lively and optimistic element, especially when contrasted with Dali's more frequent use of muted earth tones.

Salvador Dali's "The Doctor (The Fight Against the Evil)" is signed and numbered on the bottom and includes a gallery certificate of authenticity.

This piece is currently not framed. The photo showing the frame is a mockup of a frame and what it would look like framed. If you would like the piece framed we can work with our local framer at our discounted price to pick out the perfect frame for your home.

About Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali is widely considered the best know surrealist artist in history and one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His “Persistence of Memory” is one of the most recognizable pieces of contemporary art in the world today. Dali worked in a wide range of mediums, including paintings, jewelry, furniture, sculpture, and large-scale installations. He was renowned for his eccentric personal style as well as his art.

Dali was born in Figueres, Spain, in 1904. His family recognized his talent and encouraged his artistic pursuits form an early age. In 1917, Dali’s father hosted an exhibition of charcoal drawings in their home, and the following year Dali held his first public exhibition at the Theatre in Figueres. The Theatre was later purchased by Dali in 1960 and turned into a museum to showcase the impressive collection of his life’s work. In 1922, Dali moved to Madrid to study at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, where he began to gain recognize for his cubist works and his eccentric personal style. In 1927, Dali held his first solo art exhibition in Barcelona. The exhibition was well received by both the public and critics.

Until 1929, Dali experimented with a variety of styles. While some themes in his early work repeated throughout his art career, he was not considered a surrealist until 1929 when he officially joined the surrealist group. In 1931, Dali painted “Persistence of Memory” featuring melting clocks. The painting would not only go on to be Dali’s best-known work, but it also became the most well-known surrealist work of all time. Despite his iconic surrealist works; however, tension grew between Dali and the surrealist group. Dali’s work was considerably less political than many of his left leaning contemporaries, and he maintained the position that surrealism can and should exist separately from politics. Later, other members of the surrealist group would continue to criticize Dali’s work for his commercial appeal. During the 1930’s, Dali became increasingly interested in large scale installation works including his 1939 “Dreams of Venus” which debuted at the New York World’s Fair.

In 1989, Dali passed away from heart failure. He was buried in a crypt under the stage at his museum at the Theatre in Figueres. The final years of his life were spent continuing to create art and work on his museum.